Christmas Reception
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Transatlantic Company of the year award
At the Annual Meeting, Stephen Brugger of AmCham spoke about the Transatlantic Company of the year award. The award recognizes the important contributions and positive impact of Danish companies investing in the United States. The award is presented annually to highlight the important economic ties between the United States and Denmark and to celebrate business excellence…
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Welcome to LEGO Group
The American-Danish Business Council would like to give a warm welcome to it’s newest member: One of the world’s leading manufacturers of play materials, the LEGO Group.
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2015 District Sustainability Awards
The Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) Director, Tommy Wells presented the 2015 District Sustainability Awards to recognize outstanding achievements and leadership in sustainability at the award ceremony hosted by the Royal Danish Embassy. The honorees support the goals of the District’s sustainability plan, Sustainable DC, in areas such as energy and water conservation, pollution…
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Greetings from the Ambassador
As the year comes to an end, I want to wish all of you all the best for the holidays and the coming year. Although I have only been in Washington a short time, I am very pleased with the progress we have made with the American-Danish Business Council. In the beginning of the month…
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SMUK
December 14th was yet another eventful evening at the Embassy – a 3-in-1 event was held combining the ADBC Annual Meeting, the DC Sustainability Awards and a live performance by the 16 piece military brass band, SMUK. SMUK is an abbreviation and wordplay for ‘et Slesvigske Musikkorps’. It was founded in the South of Jutland…
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Successful ADBC event in South Carolina
Hugely successful ”International Energy Policy and Economic Development Forum” in South Carolina has been featured several times in the local papers – it seems wind energy is here to stay: http://www.statehousereport.com/2015/11/27/news-wind-energy-could-bring-big-payoff-to-state/
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Greetings from the Ambassador
With trade being one of my top priorities, I am happy to report that the new trade figures released recently were very positive. Danish export of goods to the US has grown by 25.5% so far this year. After a downturn in 2013, export of goods to the US has risen steadily since and in…
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What comes after COP21?
American-Danish Business Council and the UN Foundation discussion on What comes after COP 21 On November 10th ADBC in collaboration with the UN Foundation hosted a very successful roundtable discussion themed ‘What happens after COP21?’. The event had the #growrenewables and was streamed live with follow-up Twitter questions included. The 2015 United Nations Climate Change…
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Energy Finance Workshop
The American-Danish Business Council and the American Swedish Chamber of Commerce joined in collaboration on November 17th to present the ENERGY TECHNOLOGY FINANCE WORKSHOP and lunch at the Embassy of Sweden. US speakers included: Andrew Zech of Greenworks Lending; Bradford H. Dockser of Green Generation Solutions; and Joseph Lipscomb of Arborview Capital. Lydia La Ferla…
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Public Procurement event at the World Bank
Benchmarking Public Procurement October 19th, 2015 The World Bank Group has embarked on a project to benchmark public procurement in 77 economies around the world. Using internationally accepted principles, the benchmarking project seeks to provide comparable data comparing practices in varying economies to facilitate evidenced based decisions. Public procurement constitutes one-fifth of world domestic product.…